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I HAD ANOTHER SLUG!!!

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Posted by: boaphile at Sat May 12 11:07:07 2012   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by boaphile ]  
   





It’s been 625 days since the best Ghost on the planet, which had been bred by my first Key West Boa, gave birth to a likely Parthenogenetic litter of ALL female Ghosts and Anerys instead of the Key Wests and Hypo Key Wests Het Anery I was shooting for. That was probably my biggest Boa breeding disappointment ever. This same combination eluded me in the 2010-2011 season as well without a single Anery or Ghost girl giving me an ovulation. We tried but it didn’t happen. This year is different!







One of my priority breedings in each of the past three years was to make Key West Boas het Anery. This 2011-2012 season I introduced a very richly colored Key West boy to a seven year old Ivory Anerythristic girl that was born here, but has never seen another male. She was a very slow grown and early on just maintenance fed girl till about a year and half ago when at 3.5’ I decided I would breed her this season. So I upped her feeding schedule and at 5.5’, a bit over a year later, she proved to be entirely ready.



For those who are interested, the first Ivory Anerythristic Boas were born here in 2000 to a pair of Het Anerys that I had produced using a Zoo born Anery Colombian girl and a male Pastel Colombian that was born on my watch in the very first litter I produced January 17, 1986. I produced three litters in 2000 with Ivory Anerys breeding Het to Het in each case. The mother of these Key West Boas Het Anery was born to a pair of those first generation Ivory Anerys that were cousins from different litters. These are pure Colombians without any Panamanian Hypo blood in them whatsoever too. This picture below is me with Big Momma and Big Daddy in 1985 before I they produced my first litter. They are Great Great Grandparents of these Key West Boas Het Ivory Anery!











You can tell how small this female is next to this male. He is not quite 4'. She is just a tiny little girl...







Massively swollen to be sure though... Here she was yesterday after burrowing through the Aspen complete with her Pre-Birth Waxy stool in the shot!







I introduced the Key West in early December. She showed obvious signs of follicular development within just a couple weeks. I fed her two large Jumbo rats during the early stages of courtship. This made her even chunkier. The Key West didn’t mind at all thinking this more ample figure made her even more desirable apparently. LOL She ovulated January 13th much to my delight. It was all over except the agonizing wait. She did not have a Post Ovulation shed as most girls do. She started showing serious signs of having her babies yesterday morning when she was moving around a ton and routing through her Aspen. Yesterday was 119 days since her ovulation. I have found to be the normal or average short end of a Colombian Boa gestation period is 123 days. Today marks day 120 after ovulation and she gave birth to completely developed babies without any yolk in the bellies. Perfect!



There was a slug too. I still have not reached that pinnacle that others have...







What a litter!







Wipe this smile off my face! I DARE you!!!































Do you think I am excited!?!? You have no idea!?!?




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Jeff Ronne Sr

The Boaphile

Director USARK



Originator of Boaphile Plastics

The Boaphile Boa Site

   

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